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Variants of the adenosine A(2A) receptor gene are protective against proliferative diabetic retinopathy in patients with type 1 diabetes.
Ophthalmic research - 1 Jan 2011
Charles Bashira A, Conley Yvette P, Chen Guanjie, Miller Rachel G, Dorman Janice S, Gorin Michael B, Ferrell Robert E, Sereika Susan M, Rotimi Charles N, Orchard Trevor J
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AIMS: The adenosine A(2A) receptor (ADORA(2A)) may ameliorate deleterious physiologic effects associated with tissue injury in individuals with diabetes. We explored associations between variants of the ADORA(2A) gene and proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) in a cohort of patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D). METHODS: The participants were from the Pittsburgh Epidemiology of Diabetes Complications prospective...
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